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Asset Retirement Obligation (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Abstract] |
Asset Retirement Obligation | Our asset retirement obligations primarily represent the estimated present value of the amounts we will incur to plug, abandon and remediate our producing properties at the end of their productive lives. Significant inputs used in determining such obligations include estimates of plugging and abandonment costs, estimated future inflation rates and well lives. The inputs are calculated based on historical data as well as current estimated costs. In the first quarter 2015, we increased our estimated abandonment costs on certain of our water impoundments and changed well lives for certain wells in Pennsylvania. A reconciliation of our liability for plugging and abandonment costs for the three months ended March 31, 2015 is as follows (in thousands):
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, 2015 |
Beginning of period |  | $ | 287,463 |
Liabilities incurred |  |  | 1,460 |
Liabilities settled |  |  | (3,257 | )
Disposition of wells |  |  | (4,112 | )
Accretion expense |  |  | 4,723 |
Change in estimate |  |  | 14,353 |
End of period |  |  | 300,630 |
Less current portion |  |  | (17,689 | )
Long-term asset retirement obligations |  | $ | 282,941 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the carrying amount of a liability for asset retirement obligations. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 410 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6392692&loc=d3e7535-110849 + Details
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